flagellate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flagellate | |
| he / she / it flagellates | |
| past simple flagellated | |
| past participle flagellated | |
| -ing form flagellating |
- flagellate somebody/yourself
to whip yourself or somebody else, especially as a religious punishment or as a way of experiencing sexual pleasure 鞭笞（自己或他人，尤作为一种宗教惩罚或为获得性快感） Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin flagellat- ‘whipped’, from flagellare.